Vietnam War casualties

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"SP4 Ruediger Richter (Columbus, Georgia), 4th Bn., 503 Inf., 173 Abn Bde (Separate), lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? SGT. Daniel E. Spencer (Bend, Oregon) stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills in Long Khanh Province."

The Vietnam War (1959-1975) direct and indirect casualties breakdown as follows:

North Vietnam

North Vietnamese Army, National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam

  • ~ 600,000 died and ~600,000 WIA. According to classified informations by the Vietnamese government in the late-1990's, as well as the admission of the Vietnamese government officials who participated in the war, the actual number is much higher than previously admitted by the Vietnamese communist government. In the documentary aired by The History Channel in the early 2000's, numerous Vietnamese officials confirmed the latest number from the declassified information during interviews, and the North Vietnamese casualty is around 1.1 million, including 300,000 missing in action. However, the non-combat related death is greater than MIA & KIA combined, as a result of disease (malaria was the major cause) and non-combat related accidents (such as falling, drowning, and snake bites). The number of POWs was uncertain, because during the war, defections were common. The number of wounded was also uncertain because many fighters were wounded multiple times and it was difficult to track by keeping historical records especially for the communist forces in southern Vietnam.

South Vietnam

South Vietnamese Army

  • ~250,000 KIA/MIA
  • ~ 1,169,763 WIA

Vietnamese Civilians

  • ~2,000,000 to 4,000,000 Killed (The Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs released figures on April 3, 1995 claimed that nearly 2 million civilians in the north and 2 million in the south were killed between 1954 and 1975.
  • ~3,000,000 affected by Agent Orange

United States Armed Forces

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North Korea

According to Chinese soldiers stationed in Vietnam manning the anti-aircraft artillery next to that of the North Korean, several dozen North Korean anti-aircraft artillery crews were killed by American bombing.

China

  • 1,446 KIA

Soviet Union

About 6,000 Soviet soldiers participated in the Vietnam War; 16 of them died or were killed.

Philippines

  • 552 KIA

Thailand

  • 351 KIA

Australia

  • 520 KIA

almost 2400 WIA

New Zealand

  • 37 KIA

Cambodia

Cambodian civilians

  • ~700,000 During War (conforming to newest declarations)
  • ~1,500,000 Killed under Pol Pot's regime

Laos

Laotian civilians

  • ~50,000 Killed

External links

References

  1. ^ Statistical information about casualties of the Vietnam Conflict, US National Archives
  2. ^ Bill Abbott, Names On The Wall: A Closer Look At Those Who Died In Vietnam, HistoryNet.com
  3. ^ The Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Database, Vietnam-Era Unaccounted for Statistical Report, CURRENT AS OF: November 7, 2001, Library of Congress
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